INDEX. 
ABREU. 
Abreu, Cypriano di. assists Dr. 
Livingstone to cross the Quango, 
365, 366; kindness and hospitality 
shown by, to Dr. Livingstone, 
366, 36? ; death of his stepfather, 
his debts, 440. 
Abutua, the ancient kingdom of, a 
gold district, 637. 
Adanson, longevity ascribed by, to 
the Mowana, 162. 
Aerolites observed by Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 596. 
Alsop, fable of, proof of his African 
birth, 43. 
Africa, strong vitality of native 
races in, 115; permanence of 
tribes in, 422. 
-traversed from east to west by 
no Europeans, 435. 
-true politeness of tribes in the 
interior, 601; graves in trees, 
602. 
-- capabilities of, for exten¬ 
sive commerce, 679. 
Africa, South, Dr. Livingstone em¬ 
barks for, 8 ; life in, unfavourable 
to literary pursuits, 8f; use of 
personal pronouns among the 
tribes of, 13, 14; animals of, 
proper for domestication in Eu¬ 
rope, 43. 
-- advantages offered by, to co¬ 
lonists, 97. 
-the northern tribes of, the more 
enlightened on religious subjects, 
159. 
-tribes of, distributed into three 
great families, 201. 
-superstitions of, more cruel 
among northern tribes, 318; ideas 
of future existence found in, 319. 
-watershed of the. rivers of, 329. 
•- general view of its geological 
structure, 474, 475 ; geological 
changes in,527-529. 
■-decreasing size of animals in 
north latitudes, 564, 565. 
Agates common in parts of Africa, 
651. 
Agriculture, love of the Bechuanas 
for, 49, 50; honoured by the Ba- 
sutus, 196; common instrument 
of, 197; skill of the Batonga in, 
576. 
Albinos, cause of their rare occur¬ 
rence in South Africa, 576. 
Ako, the, the slave trade exchanged 
for trade in wax by, 423. 
Alfacinya, a water plant impeding 
the navigation of the Shire, 641; 
floating from the Shire into the 
Zambesi, 663. 
Alligators of the Zouga, 69; alliance 
of with the “ setula-tsipi,” 239 ; 
of the Leeambye, the most sa¬ 
vage, narrow escape from, 254 ; 
superstitiously regarded by the 
Africans, 255 ; used as food by 
the Barotse, 255 ; mode of rearing 
their young, of seizing prey, 267 ; 
the young described, eggs, used 
as food, dangers from, 268. 
ANTELOPE. 
Amaral, General, law enforced by, 
432. 
Amaryllis, toxicaria, use, served by 
its silky down, 112. 
Ambaca, Dr. Livingstone’s guide 
to, his character and behaviour, 
375, 376; arrival at the village 
of, 381; kind reception of the 
Commandant, 382 ; population of 
the district, 382 ; arrival at, 418 ; 
departure from, 419. 
Ambakistas, inhabitants of Am¬ 
baca, 375; good education of, 
441, 442. 
Ambonda, the family of the Mam- 
bari, 218; situation of their 
country, their language, 269. 
Ambriz, timidity of the people, 397; 
cotton seed destroyed at, 414; 
its breed of large cattle, 565. 
America, Angola, the future rival 
of its cotton-growing states, 437 ; 
best means of opposing slavery 
in, 679. 
Amygdaloid, dyke of, across the 
Leeambye, 233. 
Andersson, Mr., Sebituane’s attempt 
to meet, 85. 
Angola, vine of, with tuberous 
root, 47 ; mowana trees of, 163 ; 
dialect spoken in, 269 ; half-caste 
militia of, 366, 367 ; law of, for¬ 
bidding Portuguese to cross the 
boundary, 369; blunders in maps 
sent from, 372; mild character 
of its government, 378 ; negro 
characteristics of the native tribes 
of, 378, 379 ; provisions made for 
the comfort of travellers in, 379, 
380; mode of carrying burdens, 
380; district government of, 383; 
through, no highway to the sea 
possible, 390; remarks of Dr. 
Livingstone, published in, 397; 
luxuriant growth of cotton in, 
399; price of labour in, 400; ex¬ 
cellence of its coffee, 401; trees 
introduced, by the Jesuits, into, 
401, 402; obstacles to improve¬ 
ment in, 405; seasons in, un¬ 
healthy for natives, 418; fa¬ 
vourite sites for graves in, 424; 
neglect of agriculture, 425 ; cruel 
superstitions and practices of the 
natives, 434, 435 ; beauty of the 
country, 441; deterioration of 
the blacks, 442; resemblances in 
its forest scenery, to that of the 
Batoka country, 558 ; Lacerda’s 
project of establishing a com¬ 
munication between the east 
coast and, 587. 
Angora, goats of, their long hair,543. 
Ant-eater, new species of, describ¬ 
ed, 169, 170. 
Antelope, finest variety of African, 
43; herds of, in the Kalahari 
desert, 47; new species of, dis¬ 
covered, 71; new species of 
water, described, 205 ; new 
species of, unknown in the south, 
209 ; beauty, wariness, tenacity 
BABISA. 
of life, 256; skins, Matiamvo's 
tribute, 479. 
Ant-hills, huge, on the banks of the 
Chohe, 176; fertility of, 203 ; 
edible mushrooms growing on, 
285 ; the chief garden ground of 
the Batoka, 551 ; mushrooms on, 
625. 
Antidotes to the Ngotuane poison, 
113; to the N’gwa poison, 171; 
to venomous bites, 172. 
Antony, St., image of/belonging fo 
half-caste soldiers, 367. 
Antonio, St., convent of; 397. 
Ants, black, able to distil water, 21, 
22; large black, emitting a pun¬ 
gent smell when alanned, 135 ; 
black of the Dilolo plains, their 
foresight in time of floods, 327, 
328; red carnivorous, ferocity 
of, 430; nests and galleries of, 
431; white, swarming of, in 
spring, considered a delicacy, 
464; black soldier, their steady 
march, sting causing insensibility, 
537 ; their preying on white ants, 
538; white, their hordes, their 
urirelaxing industry, 539; good 
service done by, 540. 
Aquatic plant disintegrating rocks, 
238. 
Arabs, lesson taught them by the 
antelope or gazelle, 209 ; from 
Zanzibar, their meeting with Dr. 
Livingstone, near Naliele, 223; 
prejudice of, against Portuguese 
and English, 224 ; trader, bearer 
of Sekeletu's commissions, 501 ; 
a tribe of, settled in Manica, 
662. 
Aranjo, Pedro Antonio d’, native 
religious teacher in Tete, 643, 
644. 
Ardetta, the, found perching on 
buffaloes, 252. 
Aristotle, peculiar characteristic of 
the African elephant remarked 
by, 563. 
Arkwright, Lieutenant, the gift of, 
given in barter, 75. 
Arrows, poisoned, of the Bushmen, 
171. 
Asevedo, Senhor, lends his launch 
to Dr. Livingstone, 671. 
August, the end of winter, forest 
scenery of, 498. 
Australia, Central, compared to 
South Africa, 97 ; Batoka trees 
aping the eucalypti'of, 535. 
Azolla, nilotica, a Nile plant, found 
in the Leeambye, 664. 
Azores, the, project of emigration 
from, to Africa, 660. 
Baba, killed by a rhinoceros, his 
fortitude, 552. 
Babel, Tower of, African tradition 
of the, 528. 
Babindele, the Portuguese, 359. 
Babisa traders on the hills of the 
Kafue, 571 ; their lodging-house, 
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